Assessment of species composition change in savanna vegetation by means of woody plants' size class distributions and local information

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1261-1275

  Lykke, Anne Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation; Local knowledge; Size class distribution; Sudaman savanna; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; SAVANNA;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0032455373     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008877819286     Document Type: Article

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